Ihra
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Joined: Dec. 2003 |
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Posted: Dec. 11 2003,09:01 |
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Hello all,
after few hours of wrestling with the bootdevices, I managed to install DSL 0.5.1 to "world smallest computer" (how many times have you heard that phrase?)... well, device is eBox1, Sis Vortex86 200 mhz machine with footprint of 133 x 63 x 111 mm. Machine includes AC97 standard sound codec (with line in/line out/phone connectors), ps/2 connectors for keyboard and mouse, 128 megabytes of ram, internal place for 2,5 inch harddrive (as in laptops), with 44 pin connector (that includes power), internal SiS vga-adapter (up to 1920 x 1440 with true color), ethernet card with Realtek 8100b chip, 3 x usb 1.1 (one is bootable) and it still supports apm (acpi) and network boot and weights 850 grams. Impressive? Well, atleast very tempting to hack with  External power dont make much noise, as only noise is generated with processor fan (very small) and actually hard disc scratching is only sound passing from the plastic case.
More specs in Gadget Computers homepage (in Finland, I don't know who is the manufacturer).Gadget Computer
Now, I managed to get my hands on 2,5 inch disc with 850 megabytes of diskspace. From the old laptop, of course. And it was good as I didn't have to pay for it 
I installed disc (it gets installed on the backside of the small motherboard) and tried to install DSL to usb memory stick (256 megabytes). No avail as that model was not bootable and even other linux distros did not recognize it. That thing wasted few hours and I changed plans.
Small footprint doesn't allow cdrom-drive but for the booting purposes there is standard ide-cable to use while install. Only problem is that as power is external, there is no power cords to run cdrom. So installation was made with two machines side by side, cases open, other just supplying power to cdrom-drive and eBox running. What a cable mess
DSL to the cdrom and YES! It booted and everything was fine. DSL recognized everything just fine, even SiS Vga adapter (it even said "not standard") and x-windows booted. It is pretty fast by the way in that machine (good amount of ram helps?). And Dillo-browser was in the net in the same time! First boot... impressive, I would say.
Then I opened DSL homepage with dillo and found "installation to hard disc" -part and just followed the script... it is easy to find hard disc if there is only one connector and one disc.
Next time boot went fine and ... everything was done. Mounting to other servers, games, ssh, all those works fine. Nice evening, I like to say
Jussi "Ihra" Josefsson
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